I want to talk about road names.
The NRN has the following fields for road names nrn:left_OfficialStreetNameConcat nrn:right_OfficialStreetNameConcat nrn:routeNameEnglish1 (along with 2-4) nrn:routeNameFrench1 (along with 2-4) I have only downloaded BC, Alberta and the Yukon and also Ontario, but apparently we don't name our streets here :) In all three cases we get instances where the OfficialStreetName differs from the route name. Some examples: rtename1en | datasetnam | l_stname_c Smiths Road | Yukon Territory | Smith's Road Cousins Airstrip Road | Yukon Territory | Cousins Airfield Road Klondike Highway | Yukon Territory | Front Street Hwy 22 | British Columbia | Columbia Avenue TransCanada Highway | Alberta | 16 Highway In the Yukon they seem to use the route name as a holder for a slightly different name. In BC and Alberta they seem to almost always only use rtename as a highway designator. If they are both defined I think we should take right_OfficialStreetNameConcat=>name routeNameEnglish[1-4]=>nat_name:en routeNameFrench[1-4]=>nat_name:fr where we concat the multiple route names separated by ';'. If the OfficialStreetName is - or None then we use the routeName1English, except in Quebec where we'd use the routeName1French=>name Or if anyone has a better idea put it forward. I'd be happy with something that works 80% of the time, anyone can always manually edit the tagging of individual roads after the import. Steve _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
